Do I need to learn jQuery?

Question

Hello,
I recently finished learning html, javascript, css and php. Would it be useful to me to learn jQuery? If so how?

Thank you

Answer 1

jQuery is still the powerhouse Javascript library. There are others that are better at certain things but very few offer the selector power of jQuery or the all in one packaging. If all you need is selectors it is bulky and a lot of dead weight. But if you're actually using the built in functions and selectors and ajax etc it is indispensable. Unless you've got the time and willingness to learn Angular or React and take advantage of ES6 and ES7 js and typescript then I'm going to recommend jQuery. It won't take much time to learn.

Answer 2

If you have already learned JavaScript, jQuery will be a much simpler task. You can start with the course available here.

Note also that jQuery is slowly decreasing in popularity as many uprising lightweight frameworks are performing much better than a general purpose and rather heavy library that jQuery is.

Answer 3

jQuery is nice because of its compatibility with browsers (down to IE6). It's also interesting to have a look at the jQuery file since it's written in very good js. To me, this are the main reasons to look at jQuery